Marking-tag



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

1 Josnrn n. NAGEL, an, on NEW YORK, 1v. Y.

MARKING-TAG.

' Application filed May 13,

York and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful improvements in .Marking-Tags of which the following is a specification. p

My invention relates to a marking tag, for use on cloth or other fabric, and. articles made from such fabrics, and has for its purpose to afford an economical,safe and readil'y attachable construction. in

A more particular object of the invent on is to afford a tag which includes attaching pins, and can be secured to a piece of goods without engaging the points of the pins,

thus avoiding pricking ones fingers as' with the conventional types of tag.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple device, requiring only a single piece of wire and a single piece of paper or cardboard, and which can, therefore, be manufactured at low cost.

A further purposeqof the improvement is to arrange the parts so that thetagcan be readily attached to an article or p ece of cloth with only one hand, and by manipulating or bending the wire at its central part, or at some portion between 1ts ends, as dlstinguished from engaging the points of the 1ns. Still an additional objectis to accomplish the necessary bending of the wire by folding over one portion of the tag.

Other purposes and advantages of the invention will appear from the following detailed description, in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, the novel features of the invention being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1. is a frontelevation of a tag constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of my invention, and illustrating the pins in normal position, or before attachment; V

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation showing the tag attached to a piece of fabric; a

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the same;

Fig. 5 is an edge view of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 6 is an edge view of Fig. 4.

The purposes of the invention may be car- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jul 5, 1921. 1920. Serial No. 331,154.

ried out in quite a number of different ways, and accomplished by various practical constructions, and the disclosure of this applicatlon is intended merely, by way of example, to illustrate the fundamental characteristics of the improvement.

In the drawing, the tag, which is formed of paper or thin cardboard, comprises a body portion A and an extension or tab B, which is adapted to be folded on the body A along the folding line a between the body portion and extension. The necessary indicia which the tag is intended to carry will be provided at its lower part, so that when the extension B is folded over upon the body portion, it will occupy the upper part of the tag and not interfere with the markings on the lower part.

The extension or tab B is notindispensable to a practical working out of the invention, since it'might be omitted while still retaining the advantages of the attaching devices about to be described, but it affords a very simple and desirable method of bending the wire and separating the points of the pins.

The attaching devices comprehend a pair of pins, one of which is adapted to be moved with reference to the other, preferably but not necessarily when the tag extension is folded upon the body portion, and tothis end I employ a single, integral piece of wire, the ends of which comprise pins C and C which normally, or before attachment to the cloth, occupy 'a parallel relation, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, one of said pins being supported on the body of the tag and the other on the extension. The wire piece also includes a central or connecting portion between the pins C and C, which latter are joined to the central portion at a point coincident with the folding line a, the pins extending a general diagonal direction across the body portion of the tag, and inclined with reference to the wire connecting portion. The central or connecting portion of the wire extends across the tag to, the opposite ends thereof, thence through and across the opposite or front side of the tag. Upon the front, the wire includes a bent portion Z) of substantially V-shape, with the base or point of the V coincident with the folding line a. The central or'connecting portion is manipulated or bent, to actuate the pin C so as tosep'arate it from pin C as shown in Fig. 4.

In attaching the tag,

ric, as far at they will go. Holding the tag against the fabric in this position, the extene sion or tab B is engaged by the thumb and bent back uponthe body of the tag. This causes a bending of the wire at the base of the V-shaped portion 6, superposing one leg of the V upon the other, and at the same time swinging the corresponding pin about the folding line (1 until it occupies a diverging. position with relation to the other pin, as shown in this relative position, the tag cannot be acci-' dentally displaced from the cloth, and to remove it, it is only necessary to bend the tab B and the wire back to the initial position. One of the important advantages of the invention is that the pins can be separated without bringing ones fingers in contact with the points, but merely by engaging and bending the tab orextension B, or by otherwise manipulating the central part of the wire to effect movement of oneof'the pins.

I Itwill'be obvious that the structure shown maybe modified without departing from the fundamental features of the invention, and it is the purpose of this application to cover any modifications or changes as may come within, the scope of the improvement, or as defined by the following claims.

I claim: f 1. A marking tag comprising two portions adapted to be folded, one upon the other, and a pin extending from each of said portions,'the pins being-movable, one away from the other, when said portions are folded.

,2.-A marking tag comprising two portionsada'pted to be folded, one upon the other, attaching devices comp'ri'sing' a pair of pins, and means whereby the pins are moved'into diverging relationship by fold ing over a portion of the tag. 7

3. A marking tag comprising two por-Q be folded, one upon the tions adapted to, other attaching devices comprising a pair of'pins, and a wire connecting portion between the pins adapted to be bent when the tag is folded and thereby to move the pins into diverging relationship.

4:. A marking comprising two portions adapted to be folded, on'enpon the other, attaching devices comprising a pair of pins forming the ends of a piece of wire, the pins being moved into diverging relationship by folding the tag and thereby manipulating the central portion of said wire.

5. A marking tag comprising two portions one adapted to be folded upon the other, at-

pins normally parallel to each other, and a-wire connecting portion between the pins, said normally occupying a parallel position,

Figs. 4 and 6. With the pins in connecting portion being bent when the tag is folded to cause said pins to assume a it is taken'in one. 'hand and the pins pushed through thefab diverging relationship tion and an extension foldable on the body portion, and a pair of pins supported on the body portion and extension respectively and salt pins being brought into diverging relationship by folding said extension upon the body portion. r

' 7. A marking tag comprising a body portion and an extension foldable thereon, and attaching devices'consisting' of a piece of wire, the ends of which comprise pins located upon one side of the tag'while' the central portion-extends through the tag and across the opposite sidethereof, and isfold- 7 i able with said extension in order to separate the points of the pins;

8. Amarking tag comprising a body por-- tion and an extension foldable thereon, and attaching devices comprising a piece of wire, the ends of which comprise'pins located on one side of the tag and normally parallel to each other, and'a central orconnecting por-.

tion extending through the tag and across the. opposite side thereof, said central-portion acting to separate the points of the pins when folded with the extension upon the body portion of the tagz I 4 "9. 'A' markingtag COIIIPI'ISlHg Q, body portion and an extension foldable thereon along a line between the'body portion and extension, and attaching devices comprising a pieceof wire, the ends ofwhich-comprise pinslocated. on one side of the tag andnormally in parallel relationship, and a central or-connecting portion between the pins which extends through'the tag-andacross the opposite side'thereof, said connecting portion being foldable along with theflextension on said folding line, and thereby serving to move oneof the pins into diverging-relationship with the other.

10. & markingtag comprising a body por-;

tion and an extension. foldable thereon along a line between the extension and the body portion, piece of wire, the ends of which comprise pins located on:oneside of the tagand normally in parallel'rela'tionship, and a central or connecting portion between the pins, said connecting portion extending through the tagandqincluding, .onjthe side opposite to the pins, a V-shaped portion, the point of which coincides with said-folding line betweenthe extension and the body portion of the tag, whereby, when the extension is folded, said V -shaped portion of the wire is bent upon itself at thecenter, causing one of'said' pinsto bemoved into-diverging relationship-with the-other.

11. A marki g tag'comprising a'body portion and an extension.foldablethereon along and attaching devices comprising a a line between the body portion and extension, and attaching devices comprising a piece of wire, the ends of which comprise pins normally in parallel relationship with each other on one side of the tag, and a central or connecting portion between the pins which extends through the tag and across the opposite side thereof and includes, upon said opposite side, a V-shaped portion, the point of which coincides with said folding line between the extension and the body portion of the tag, said pins being normally inclined with reference to the connecting portion and oined thereto at a point coincident with said folding line.

12. A marking tag comprising two portions, one of which is foldable upon the other, and a pair of pins, one supported on each of said portions, said pins being moved into diverging relationship by folding one portion upon the other.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

JOSEPH DARWIN NAGEL, J R. 

